What happened behind the scenes of Beauty and the Nerd? The last season of the reality show was released on ProSieben in 2021. Two years have passed since the broadcaster last brought together two supposedly completely opposite cliché groups: the smart but socially awkward “nerds” and the norm-beautiful but superficial “beauties”. 10 pairs of this combination competed in Season 3 for prize money of 50,000 euros.
The 4th season of Beauty and the Nerd, which has actually been turned off for a long time, will start in June 2023 with a delay of a whole year, as ProSieben announced in a press release. About the reasons for the delay the station remains silent.
Beauty and the Nerd was mysteriously postponed last year
Beauty and the Nerd was originally scheduled to go on the air on ProSieben on June 2, 2022. Just a few days before the scheduled broadcast, the broadcaster postponed the episodes indefinitely. And why? The explanation remained vague at best. From
“production-related reasons” was mentioned in a tweet.
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When announcing the start in the official press release, the broadcaster ventured a little further.
New background to the postponement: That’s what ProSieben says about it
The press release gives no details. The descriptions ironically add more drama to the potential behind-the-scenes issues. Because what can with “Circumstances that urgently required careful independent investigation” just mean? Circumstances that forced a postponement of more than a year “in close dialogue with everyone involved” had to be coordinated. The “Careful and independent examination of all circumstances” be completed. We can only speculate as to exactly what was tested.
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What could be behind this? There have been strange incidents at Beauty and the Nerd in the past
Beauty and the Nerd is a dating show with makeover elements. The concept reproduces problematic female and male stereotypes, as criticized by Anja Rützel in Der Spiegel, among others. But that’s not the only reason why the show produced by Endemol Shine Germany caused controversy.
The image revealed during the second season that the nerd candidate Illya Kucherenko is probably one actor and not a “real” nerd. Images in his set card suggested that Kucherenko “disguised himself” as a nerd for the show – only to have himself restyled on the show to maximum effect. The share of the prize money of 25,000 euros was not paid to the candidate at the time, but was donated to Die Arche by ProSieben.
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When are the new episodes of Beauty and the Nerd coming out?
ProSieben has apparently been able to solve the problems behind the scenes of Beauty and the Nerd. The start of the show is certain: From the
June 29, 2023 the station broadcasts the new episodes.